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Assignment- 4
TYPE OF QUESTION: MCQ/MSQ
Number of questions​: 10 Total mark: 10 X 1 = 10

Question 1
The bandwidth delay product helps to make a design choice about sliding window protocol that
should be used to improve the network performance.

A. True

B. False

Correct Answer: a
Detailed Solution: ​The bandwidth delay product helps to make a design choice about sliding
window protocol that should be used to improve the network performance.

Question 2
Application layer is implemented in

A. User space

B. Kernel

Correct Answer: a
Detailed Solution: ​Application layer is implemented in the user space.

Question 3
(i) The transport buffer pool can be of variable size.
(ii) Transport buffer is present only at the sender side.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are true?
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A. Only i

B. Only ii

C. Both i and ii

D. None of these

Correct Answer: a
Detailed Solution: ​The transport buffer pool can be of variable size. Transport buffer is present
both at the sender side as well as at the receiver side.

Question 4
TCP acknowledgement number field is of

A. 8 bits

B. 16 bits

C. 32 bits

D. 40 bits

Correct Answer: c
Detailed Solution: ​TCP acknowledgement number field is of 32 bits.

Question 5
If maximum network layer payload size is 1500 Bytes, what is the maximum TCP payload
size?

A. 1540

B. 1460

C. 1480

D. 1520
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Correct Answer: c
Detailed Solution: ​If maximum network layer payload size is 1​50​0 Bytes. The TCP header size=
20 Bytes. The maximum TCP payload size=(1500-20) Bytes= 1480 Bytes

Question 6
TCP connection preserves message boundaries.

A. True

B. False

Correct Answer: b
Detailed Solution: ​TCP connection does not preserve message boundaries.

Question 7
(i) In the AIMD algorithm, the slow start phase increases additively.
(ii) AIMD algorithm ensures fairness of flows.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are true?

A. Only i

B. Only ii

C. Both i and ii

D. None of these

Correct Answer: c
Detailed Solution: ​In the AIMD algorithm, the slow start phase increases additively. AIMD
algorithm ensures fairness of flows.

Question 8
In congestion avoidance, receiving rate is regulated based on network capacity.
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A. True

B. False

Correct Answer: b
Detailed Solution: ​In congestion avoidance, sending rate is regulated based on network
capacity.

Question 9
Packets of the same session may be routed through different paths in

A. TCP, but not UDP

B. TCP and UDP

C. UDP, but not TCP

D. Neither TCP nor UDP

Correct Answer: b
Detailed Solution: ​Packet is the network layer protocol data unit (PDU). TCP and UDP are
transport layer protocols. Packets of the same session may be routed through different routes.

Question 10
Which of the following system calls results in the sending of SYN packets?

A. socket

B. bind

C. listen

D. connect

Correct Answer: d
Detailed Solution: ​In case of a TCP socket, connect system call causes an attempt to establish a
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new TCP connection. When connect() is called by a client, a three way handshake happens to
establish the connection in TCP.
i) The client requests a connection by sending a SYN message to the server.
ii) The server acknowledges this request by sending SYN-ACK back to the client.
iii) The client responds with an ACK and the connection is established.

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